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Descriptor English: Cholesterol, LDL
Descriptor Spanish: LDL-Colesterol
Descriptor colesterol LDL
Scope note: Colesterol contenido en las lipoproteínas de baja densidad (LDL) o unido a ellas, que incluye los ÉSTERES DE COLESTEROL y colesterol libre.
Descriptor Portuguese: LDL-Colesterol
Descriptor French: Cholestérol LDL
Entry term(s): Cholesterol, beta-Lipoprotein
Cholesteryl Linoleate, LDL
LDL Cholesterol
LDL Cholesteryl Linoleate
Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol
beta Lipoprotein Cholesterol
beta-Lipoprotein Cholesterol
Tree number(s): D04.210.500.247.808.197.244
D10.532.515.500
D10.570.938.208.275
D12.776.521.550.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008078
Scope note: Cholesterol which is contained in or bound to low density lipoproteins (LDL), including CHOLESTEROL ESTERS and free cholesterol.
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
DE drug effects
DF deficiency
EC economics
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PH physiology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UL ultrastructure
UR urine
Previous Indexing: Cholesterol (1966-1984)
Lipoproteins, LDL (1972-1984)
Public MeSH Note: 2007; see LIPOPROTEINS, LDL CHOLESTEROL 1985-2006
History Note: 2007 (1985)
DeCS ID: 8252
Unique ID: D008078
NLM Classification: QU 95
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1985/01/01
Date of Entry: 1984/05/24
Revision Date: 2016/05/28
Cholesterol, LDL - Preferred
Concept UI M0012591
Scope note Cholesterol which is contained in or bound to low density lipoproteins (LDL), including CHOLESTEROL ESTERS and free cholesterol.
Preferred term Cholesterol, LDL
Entry term(s) Cholesterol, beta-Lipoprotein
LDL Cholesterol
Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol
beta Lipoprotein Cholesterol
beta-Lipoprotein Cholesterol
Cholesteryl Linoleate, LDL - Narrower
Concept UI M0012592
Preferred term Cholesteryl Linoleate, LDL
Entry term(s) LDL Cholesteryl Linoleate



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